(Clearwisdom.net) There are many forms that evil beings in other dimensions use to persecute Dafa practitioners with the excuse that Dafa disciples have attachments and karma. For example, illegal arrests by police, being reported by others, being suppressed in the workplace, interference from family members, etc. We all know that illness karma is no problem during the Fa-rectification period, so how could Master arrange it so that Dafa disciples be unable to get up, move their arms and legs, or do the three things? It's obviously persecution from the evil.

Master said in Zhuan Falun:

"Let us talk about the most common illnesses. Somewhere in the body one may have a tumor, infection, osteophytosis, etc. It is because in another dimension there lies a being in that place." (Lecture Seven)

Many fellow practitioners know that they should not cooperate with orders from police who have been manipulated by evil beings in other dimensions, but some of them are not clear in terms of the persecution against our physical bodies by these evil beings.

Every part of our body is ours. For example, we control our hands, legs, and mouth since they are ours. If a body part refuses to do what we want, there must be evil beings in another dimension that are in control of it. If we cannot move our arms or walk or there is a severe illness symptom, we must remain calm and in our main consciousness, and not cooperate with any symptom manifested by the evil being. When the illness symptom wants me lie down, I understand that it's the evil being in another dimension that wants me to lie down, so I never lie down and I do what I am supposed to do. When an illness symptom doesn't let me eat anything, I still eat, because my mouth and stomach do whatever I say. Even if I throw up after I eat, I still keep eating. What if I can't move my arms and legs? I will keep doing what my arms and legs are supposed to do. Maybe some fellow practitioners will say that if I apparently can't move my arms and legs, how can I move them again suddenly? If we admit that we cannot move our arms and legs, it is the same as acknowledging the manifestation of an evil being in another dimension on our body, so it will stay there.

A local fellow practitioner had a symptom of lung illness, and his health did not improve after he stayed in the hospital for two months. Finally he could not eat anything. After discussing with a fellow practitioner, he started to eat even if he threw up. A few days later, everything became normal again, much to the doctors' surprise. There was an article in "Minghui Weekly" about a fellow practitioner needing more than four hours to put on his clothes. His family members tried to help but he refused to let them, and after several days he became normal again. When another fellow practitioner was doing the Falun Standing Stance Exercise, what others saw was that she always held the law wheel before her abdomen, while she knew herself that she was doing all four movements by overcoming a lot of difficulties.

I'd like to further point out that if we understand this and act on the understanding, then our arms and legs will become normal. Just like the fellow practitioner who spent four hours putting on his clothes, if after other practitioners spent four minutes, one hour, or three and a half hours, but still failed to put on their clothes, would they give up? Should they acknowledge the persecution and not put on their clothes? If it takes five, six hours, or a couple of days to put on clothes, would he keep trying? Whether he is attached to the change in his body or negates the persecution on his body, he truly cultivates himself in opposing the persecution. Only after he is truly able to do it in action, not just in words, is he able to cultivate himself. As Master says in Zhuan Falun, "The cultivation is up to you, gong is up to the master." Master clears away the evil spirits in other dimensions, and then the body here will become normal.

I heard about a fellow practitioner that dealt with an illness symptom by looking inward. "Before I started practicing Falun Gong, I had psoriasis. In my personal cultivation, I had tribulations three times and finally there was some psoriasis left in my arms and hair. I still kept the notion in my mind, 'I have some psoriasis in my body.' In the first several years of the Fa-rectification, I often thought that I would eventually recover and would check myself in a mirror. I used to think with attachments. I practiced the exercises very well in those days, and I also was diligent in doing the three things. How could the psoriasis remain, still? It should be better.

"One day in 2006, I suddenly realized that my psoriasis problem had lasted too long. Why was it like this? I began to look within myself. After reciting Master's article 'Expounding on the Fa,' I realized that I did not see the problem of psoriasis with the side of my original nature. I have a divine body and I am not supposed to be ill. Psoriasis is only a reflection of karma. I believe fellow practitioners can understand this. However, we easily neglect it in cultivation. For example, I cannot move my arms and legs, I ache in this part, or I do not feel well in another part. Think about it, everyone, all these words themselves showed that the practitioner admitted he was sick and regarded the symptom as part of himself. I did the following: when the above thoughts popped up, I got rid of them immediately and thought: 'What made me suffer was not me. The symptom of psoriasis was not truly me. If Master arranged karma elimination for me, I admit it calmly. It was not arranged by Master, I refuse it firmly.' I sent forth righteous thoughts to clean up my own space.

"I was so attached to my previous thoughts. I did not realize that being diligent in doing the three things was what a Dafa disciple should do. Instead I wanted to cure the disease and make my psoriasis recover quickly."

Master said:

'Nevertheless, he still didn't change his mode of thought. He still worried about his illness: "Will my illness relapse? Has Teacher really taken care of me and completely cured me?" You see, he still had that in his mind. He didn't say it aloud to anyone, yet deep inside he was still thinking, "Teacher will surely help me cure my illness." So although it looked like he was practicing, at his core he had the intention of getting healed. Wasn't he trying to deceive me, deceive others, and deceive Dafa? He could deceive no one--he was really deceiving himself. Only real transformation of the mind counts as true cultivation.'' ("Teaching the Fa at the Conference in Europe")

'For a long time now some students just haven't gotten rid of their fundamental attachments! And as things have piled up, at the end they aren't able to overcome them and their tribulations get big. When problems occur, instead of searching for problems in their xinxing, fundamentally improving themselves, or truly letting go of the matter and coming through in an open and dignified manner by another route, they focus on the thing at hand--"Goodness... why is it that I still can't overcome this thing? I've done better today, so it should have improved a little. Tomorrow I'll do even better and it should improve some more." He can never let go of that thing. On the surface it appears that he's letting it go--"Look, I'm doing well now." You're doing well now but you are doing well now for its sake. You aren't doing that for the purpose of doing what a true Dafa disciple should do!' ("Teaching and Explaining the Fa at the Metropolitan New York Fa Conference")

'Your suffering only comes from not wanting to let go of your attachments--"My! How come I feel so awful! Why do some people always treat me so badly? Why is my body always eliminating karma?" Human beings just can't let those things go. What's the maximum you can let go? Can your thoughts be righteous and can you be like a true Dafa disciple? Be upright, dignified, and confident, and regard yourself as a Dafa disciple. If you can truly let go of your attachments in any circumstance, and treat yourself as a Dafa disciple who is different from an ordinary person, I believe everything will change.' ("Teaching the Fa at the 2004 Western U.S. Fa Conference")

I suggest to fellow practitioners with sickness symptoms: first, negate the persecution on your body by the evil. Fa-rectification period disciples' purpose is to save sentient beings, and we need to deny all persecution forced on us by the evil. Second, look inward, and draw a clear distinction between enduring hardship as a part of doing the "three things" diligently and the removal of symptoms of sickness. As for sickness, remove the thought "I am sick" from your mind and eliminate it. Distinguish the true body from the false body and find the true self, and change your fundamental notions. I hope that we can all strive forward together.