(Minghui.org) I have practiced Falun Dafa for over 20 years, and recently, I have come to discover many attachments that I still need to let go. One strong attachment I still have is resentment.
I’d like to share an experience in which another practitioner, who was facing a serious tribulation of illness karma, joined our Fa-study group. Given Master’s compassionate arrangement, we supported each other and improved in cultivation.
This practitioner is a local resident. Two years ago, she purchased and stayed in an apartment in a different city, but decided to return in July of 2024. After learning of her return, I contacted her and realized she wasn’t doing well. She told me that she was experiencing illness karma, unable to study the Fa, do the exercises, or do anything related to cultivation. Her physical condition required her to eat six to seven small meals daily, including one in the middle of the night. I was astonished and invited her to my home.
She arrived at my home the next day, accompanied by her husband. When she entered, I was shocked to see how frail she had become. Her husband briefly described her condition and left. She shared that a year ago, her Dafa books had been confiscated because someone had reported her. Since then, she could only study Zhuan Falun, the main text of Falun Dafa.
Her husband, an ordinary person, strictly controlled her and prohibited her from contacting other practitioners or studying the Fa. She had to study in secret, which eventually led to her current state. She could no longer independently manage her daily life.
I asked her to look inward and examine where she might have deviated from the Fa. I also mentioned that our coming together was an opportunity for both of us to address our attachments and human notions. She shared her challenges at home. She had discord with her husband, including financial disputes, and feelings of resentment and unfairness due to her husband’s lack of responsibility toward their family and children.
I told her, “Identify the root of these issues and eliminate them. It is Master’s compassionate arrangement that brought us together today. Master cherishes every disciple and is always protecting, enlightening, and strengthening us. With Master’s guidance, no tribulation is insurmountable. Your presence here is also an opportunity for me to work on my attachments, such as resentment and selfishness. Let’s study the Fa together, identify our shortcomings, and elevate ourselves. Be firm in overcoming this test, follow Master’s teachings, assist in Fa-rectification, and save sentient beings.”
Since my home serves as a Fa-study site, we began studying together that afternoon. During our discussions, the practitioner shared her struggles, and we exchanged insights. Together, we immersed ourselves in the Fa, reading each word attentively and using Master’s teachings as a mirror to examine our thoughts and actions. We aspired to align with the principles of selflessness and consideration for others, placing others before ourselves in all matters.
After a few days of group Fa-study, she identified many of her attachments, with resentment and selfishness being the most prominent. By the third day, her condition improved significantly. She reduced her meals to three times a day, with increased portions. She went from lying down all day to standing and being able to participate in Fa study, doing the exercises, and sending righteous thoughts. This transformation affirmed the power of being in a group cultivation environment, as Master asks of us.
After staying with me for five or six days, her physical condition was fully restored. Before she left, we helped her download all the necessary materials for Fa-study, the Fa lectures and the exercise music from the computer. When her husband came to pick her up, he was amazed at her transformation. “She had changed to a completely different person,” he exclaimed. She also shared with him the extraordinary nature of Dafa and the positive energy of our cultivation environment.
When we went to a restaurant for lunch, her husband was pleasantly surprised to see her appetite improving. She even finished an entire bowl of noodles by herself. We took the opportunity to clarify the truth to him and encouraged him to remember, “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” He finally understood the goodness of Dafa and expressed his gratitude, and they went back home together afterwards.
This experience also served as a mirror for me. It changed my perspective on handling conflicts at home. I no longer dwell on the apparent rights and wrongs or become resentful. Instead, I think about why Master places certain situations before me. I think about what lesson I am supposed to learn from the situation, and how I can improve through that experience. By looking within, identifying my deficiencies, and improving myself, I am fulfilling Master’s arrangements for my spiritual growth.
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