(Minghui.org) Reports have recently surfaced about some Dafa practitioners in China having symptoms of CCP Virus infection (the coronavirus named after the Chinese Communist Party). Most of them looked within to find where they have fallen short in doing the three things, and some chose to deny and reject the infection instead of looking inward.

Master said,

“But a pandemic like the current Chinese Communist Virus (or “Wuhan Virus”) comes with a purpose behind it, and it has targets. It is here to weed out members of the Party and those who have sided with it. If anyone is in doubt about this, just take a look at which countries or people have been hit hardest by the virus: it is those who have become close with the CCP.” (“Stay Rational”)

Is this because there were still elements of evil spirits and influence of the CCP Party culture in the fellow practitioners’ bodies and minds that they came down with the virus?

The current pandemic is different from the deadly plagues in ancient Rome and the major ones in Chinese history, because all those plagues were localized, whereas the current pandemic of the last three years was global.

I believe this is because all the negative factors in today’s world have been completely replaced by the evil specter of communism, and the devil is ruling our world. Even the thoughts of Dafa practitioners which are not based on the Fa are manipulated by the evil spirits of communism. This is why every country and every individual has to take a stand on whether they want to keep the CCP. Right now, gods and Buddhas are in the process of eliminating the Communist Party and its followers.

The social environment in which Dafa disciples live today is quite different from that of the past. The CCP has ruled China for more than 70 years now, and China’s entire population has been possessed by the evil spirit of communism. Many people have also become members of the CCP and/or its two junior organizations.

Even though Dafa disciples have never stopped clarifying the truth to the public since the CCP began to persecute Dafa in July 1999, a large number of people have still yet to quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. In such an environment filled with the the evil Party culture, if Dafa disciples are also contaminated by the CCP culture in their minds and deeds, as well as their bodies, wouldn’t they also be susceptible to the CCP Virus?

The Gods of Plague came to the human world under orders from Heaven, so the CCP Virus has very clear targets, aiming at those who are members of the CCP and those who are closely sided with it.

However, during the pandemic, some Dafa disciples have also been infected, as have many of those who had withdrawn from the CCP, with varying degrees of severity.

My personal understanding is that unlike human beings, gods and Buddhas do things to achieve multilayered effects. Apart from eliminating members and followers of the evil CCP, the virus and its variants also help eliminate karma of ordinary people who have been following the CCP unwittingly, and purify the human world. At the same time, they help Dafa disciples save sentient beings.

Under the gaze of countless gods, the CCP Virus makes no mistakes in attacking its targets, because if it attacks a wrong person, the Gods of Plague may suffer retribution. As Dafa disciples, if we are infected with the virus, we should carefully look within and find out the cause of it. Dafa disciples are here to save people and to help eliminate karma and germs. We are the only hope for the salvation of sentient beings in the troubled human world. Then, how can we fall victim to the pandemic? In my mind, there might be three reasons.

Firstly, it may be because the thoughts and dimensional fields of the infected practitioners are not clean, their own dimensional fields still contain elements of communist specters, and they still have unrecognized CCP culture and warped modern concepts in their minds, as well as attachments to fear, competitive mentality, lust, jealousy, and the Internet. All these attachments are being enhanced by the evil spirits.

I was also infected. On the second day of my infection (December 20, 2022), I realized the problems I mentioned above. When I cleaned myself before sending forth righteous thoughts at noon, I made it very clear in my thoughts to completely eliminate the communist specters. Two minutes later, I added the auspicious phrases “Falun Dafa is good and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good” as well, letting every cell in my body recite the phrases with me. Soon, all beings in my body started cheering with joy! The power of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance was purifying every cell in my body.

These words of Master’s teaching also came to my mind,

“So if a pandemic is divinely ordained, what can be done to stop it? It would be divine will, after all. Some people do realize this and pray for protection, but it probably won’t help. That is because people are supposed to be weeded out when their moral character has turned bad and their karma has become huge. Why would the divine offer them protection at that point, then? What people should do, instead, is to repent to the divine with all due sincerity, admit to their faults, and pray for a chance to change their ways. That is the way to go, and that is the magic cure.” (“Stay Rational”)

I thought: Since I am now infected, I must have done something wrong. I should sincerely repent to Master for the wrong things I did in the past and ask Master for another opportunity to rectify myself. I am determined to do well this time.

With this thought, my eyes started raining tears of regret. I realized where I had done wrong and I made up my mind to correct my wrongdoing. Almost instantly, I felt I was being surrounded with compassionate and peaceful energy, and the feeling was with me until I finished sending forth righteous thoughts.

I had chills on the third day of my infection. I thought I might have a fever. Just then, I remembered the title of one of Master’s poems: “Burning the Red Demon, Tempering the Diamond.” (Hong Yin IV) I realized instantly that my body was burning the Red Demon, evil spirits, and elements of the CCP Party culture, and that Master was tempering me.

My face was flushed and my wife insisted that I take my temperature. With no fear or attachment, I went along with her insistence. The reading showed 36.3°C (97.9°F), absolutely normal. My wife went quiet. I told her that Master was helping me eliminate my karma and clean out elements of the evil CCP in my body.

Secondly, among the people we are responsible for saving, many have not yet quit the CCP and its affiliated organizations. When they become infected on a large scale and show karma-elimination symptoms, would such reactions also impact Dafa disciples?

In areas where many people have quit the CCP, the pandemic infection should be much lighter, whereas in places where fewer people have done so, the infection would be more severe in contrast.

Thirdly, the old forces are making trouble by taking advantage of Dafa disciples’ karma, so the arranged karma elimination shows similar symptoms of the CCP Virus infection. The old forces want to test Dafa disciples who are not very steadfast in cultivation. In such cases, practitioners must hold firm righteous thoughts, completely deny the arrangements of the old forces, and walk well on the path of validating the Fa while denying the karma elimination arranged by the old forces.

My understanding is that practitioners who are completely free from the pandemic must meet three conditions: first, they do not have the slightest bit of evil Party culture left in them. Second, they do very well in truth-clarification and saving sentient beings, and most sentient beings in their realms of responsibility have been saved. Third, they can completely eliminate interference from the old forces, leaving no gaps to be taken advantage of.

As the saying goes, “No one is perfect.” Even if we are infected with the CCP Virus, we don’t need to be afraid, even less to blindly reject it, because we all have Master’s protection, and the virus poses no threat to our safety. Of course, we might choose to pull through it by bearing all the suffering, but we would miss a great opportunity to improve and purify ourselves. Therefore, it would be much better to examine the causes of our infection and make good use of this rare opportunity to eliminate all kinds of evil elements hidden in our minds and bodies, and clean them up completely.

The above is only my personal understanding in my current cultivation state. Please kindly point out anything improper in the sharing.

Editor’s note: This article only represents the author’s understanding in their current cultivation state meant for sharing among practitioners so that we can “Compare in studying, compare in cultivating.” (“Solid Cultivation,” Hong Yin)