(Clearwisdom.net) I am a doctor in a hospital. I also just started practicing Falun Dafa not long ago. Since I started practicing, I have experienced the power of Dafa on a number of occasions, and each time it has strengthened my determination to cultivate.

Case 1:

One day, our clinic received a new piece of equipment that needed to be installed. The installer was busy preparing the equipment for installation per instructions when it fell against the wall with a loud bang and crushed my finger. They immediately stopped, realizing what had happened, and moved the equipment to free my finger. Everyone rushed to check my injury.

At that moment, I remembered this from Zhuan Falun: "We have said that good or evil comes from a person's spontaneous thought, and the thought at that moment can bring about different consequences." ("Transformation of Karma" in Lecture 4)

Teacher's Fa helped me to have this solid thought, "No problem, there won't be any problem." As I slowly pulled my hand out, I saw one finger was a little flattened, but there was no blood. I was able to move it normally. Others thought it was just a miracle that my finger was not damaged at all. They thought it was unbelievable. Since there was indeed no problem, they went on with the installation. I heard one of them say as they walked away, "Amazing! I saw an unexplainable thing today." It was clear to me that Teacher had protected me.

Case 2:

One day at work, I felt great pain in my lower back. At first I didn't pay much attention since I had had a slipped disc for many years. Sometimes it was better than others. I thought maybe my slipped disc was causing problems again. I finished the work I was doing and sat down. Suddenly, I experienced sharp pains around my waist. I touched the skin there and realized not only it was painful when I touched the area, but here were also small lesions. As a doctor, I knew this was what is called herpes zoster or shingles.

This type of illness karma may not be an issue at all for someone who has cultivated many years and gone through many tribulations. Many practitioners have been able to come through life and death situations with firm confidence in Teacher and the Fa. However, for someone like me just beginning to practice, I couldn't help being confused in the beginning. I work in the medical field and treat patients with the same illness.

I understand through Fa study that personal cultivation and Fa-rectification period cultivation are now happening at the same time. Regardless, whatever I experience, I must treat it with righteous thoughts. Teacher has said: "What's important for cultivators is righteous thoughts. When you have strong righteous thoughts, you are able to withstand anything and do anything." ("Teaching the Fa in the City of Los Angeles" )

I enlightened that, if I viewed it as treating illness in a hospital, I would be using ordinary people's notions in this situation. If I didn't treat it as an everyday person's illness, then it would be a cultivator's righteous thoughts. Cultivation is a continuous process of getting rid of human attachments and notions. It is the strengthening of a cultivator's righteous thoughts. As Teacher said:

"Cultivation is a serious matter. That test of one's mind is a black or white issue. The more attached you are, the worse you will feel. When you go to the hospital for an examination you will be made to see that your illness has gotten worse." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 International Fa Conference in New York")

"If one is determined, the karma can be eliminated." (Zhuan Falun, "Your Main Consciousness Should Predominate," Lecture Six)

I kept studying the Fa and doing the exercises as usual when I got home. I send forth righteous thoughts to eliminate evil factors persecuting practitioners in other dimensions. Over the next three days, it got more and more painful, but my righteous thoughts also got stronger and stronger through studying the Fa.

I constantly keep in mind what Teacher said in Zhuan Falun:

"When you feel very uncomfortable, it indicates that things will turn around after reaching the extreme point. Your whole body will be purified and it must be completely purified. The cause of your illness has been removed, and what remains is only this bit of black qi that will come out on its own to let you suffer some and have some pain. It is forbidden for you not to suffer even a little bit." ("The Issue of Pursuit," Lecture Two")

It was truly amazing. When I became determined to get over this illness karma, the pain quickly stopped. All the symptoms disappeared without any medication or treatment. My slipped disc was cured as well, which I never imagined would happen.

I, a doctor and new practitioner, experienced and am living proof that Dafa has a wonderful effect on healing and fitness.

I will be diligent and follow the Fa which will be my teacher during my future cultivation. I will use my opportunities as a doctor to let more people know the truth and withdraw from the evil Chinese Communist Party. I will cherish this unprecedented chance to cultivate myself and return to my true home.

These are my personal understandings as a new practitioner. Please kindly point out any inappropriate ideas.