(Minghui.org) I began practicing Falun Dafa 26 years ago. When I moved from a suburb to a city at the end of 2022, my cultivation environment changed. I wanted to cultivate with other practitioners no matter where I lived.
The other practitioners warned me that the atmosphere in the city was busy, noisy and fast-paced, which made it hard to focus.
There were many things to do after my family moved. I reminded myself to treat cultivation as my priority. If I forced myself to finish all the housework before I read the Fa, I would be too tired to pick up my book or understand what I read.
I decided to guarantee my Fa study time. I sent righteous thoughts longer and more often and refused to be distracted by my surroundings or my human notions. I drew a line and refused to think about what I needed to do because I knew if I recognized it, it would restrict me and one’s environment changes according to one’s mindset.
I contacted some local practitioners, and I began attending a local Fa study group. The city environment and the busy atmosphere didn’t affect me.
I practiced for decades, but my husband didn’t seem to have a predestined relationship with Dafa. He didn’t mind me cultivating when he felt happy, but he was opposed to it when he was mad. He especially picked on me after he drank. If he couldn’t find any recent incidents, he’d recount things that happened years ago and say the most hurtful words.
When I tried to explain, he accused me of arguing. If I kept silent, he said I was stubborn. He also said negative words about Dafa. I felt exhausted by these tribulations. The other practitioners knew my situation and encouraged me.
One day in August 2022, my husband asked me where I went after I returned from a Fa study meeting. I noticed he was drunk. I told him I was studying the Fa. He questioned me and demanded to know where I went and why I was gone so long. I patiently explained, but it only made him angrier and sarcastic. He even said I was cheating on him. Seeing his mind wasn’t clear, I stopped explaining and sent righteous thoughts. He soon fell asleep.
Two days later a practitioner called me downstairs and told me she wouldn’t be able to join Fa study that day. When my husband saw us talking he started drinking again and said some nasty words. He even began packing his things and said he would move out. I stopped him and said I would be more thoughtful in the future. He finally stopped.
My Husband’s Stroke
However, around 6:30 the next morning his mouth was crooked and drooped. I could hardly understand his words. I immediately took him to a hospital. He went through a treatment after MRI and CT scanning. He was better two days later. His doctor showed him his scan and said, “You had a stroke. Your blood vessel is almost blocked completely, but you look better than the image shows.”
He could move his legs and feet and his mouth was back to normal. I thought he must have benefited from Falun Dafa’s positive energy field.
After my husband was released from the hospital, a practitioner reminded me that this was an opportunity for my husband to practice Falun Dafa. I always thought I would be grateful if he wasn’t opposed to my cultivation, so I never dreamed he might practice.
Another practitioner came to see my husband after hearing about his stroke. She told him the facts about Falun Dafa. My husband had been heavily influenced by the Chinese Communist Party. Although I tried to clarify the facts to him many times, he refused to listen. The practitioner talked to him for four hours, telling him about her personal experiences, Chinese history, science, traditional values, etc. His heart was finally unlocked. I sent righteous thoughts to eliminate his notions and the communist specters blocking him from understanding. He carefully listened as she talked.
After she left, I chatted with him a little, but we began to disagree again. I stopped when I felt my grievances surfacing.
When I read the Fa with the other practitioners that evening, I read what Master said,
“One day he connected a lie detector to a plant and wondered, “What kind of experiment should I do? Let me burn its leaves with fire and see how it reacts.” With this thought—even before the leaves were burned—the electronic pen quickly drew a curve the same as that created only when someone cries for help. This supersensory function was in the past called mind reading; it is a latent human function and an innate ability. Yet all of today’s humankind is degenerating. To regain it, you must cultivate from the start and return to your original, true self or to your original nature. Yet the plant has it, and it knows what is on your mind. It sounds quite inconceivable, but it was an actual scientific experiment.” (Lecture Eight, Zhuan Falun)
Master enlightened me why my relationship with my husband was so bad. It was because I had strong negative notions about him. If even plants can sense things, then humans have a greater capability. Our notions must have been fighting each other in another dimension. We looked down on each other even though we didn’t say it.
I decided to get rid of my negative notions about him or anyone else. Master saw my determination and helped me eliminate these negative thoughts.
My husband changed after I changed. No matter how long I was gone, he didn’t say anything bad, and even acted nicely. Thank you, Master, for helping me through the tribulation which troubled me for over 20 years.
I asked him one day, “Would you like to know more about Dafa? Why don’t you read the Fa with me? You can watch me so that I won’t fall asleep.” To my surprise he happily agreed.
Ever since then we’ve read one or two lectures from Zhuan Falun every day. He treats our study seriously. It’s beyond my wildest expectations! Thank you, Master!
Before I began practicing Falun Dafa, I insisted on making all decisions in my family. I measured things with ordinary people’s standards, so I stumbled in family relationships and lost many opportunities to resolve my issues with my husband.
I learned a hard lesson about how my cultivation state affected my cultivation environment, and how my notions blocked my improvement and my ability to save sentient beings. As Falun Dafa disciples, we have an enormous responsibility. I have to study the Fa well and cultivate myself solidly and diligently.
I deeply appreciate my fellow practitioners’ sincere and unselfish help. I’m filled with gratitude and cherish the journey we walk together.
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