(Clearwisdom.net) Many regions have recently had some elderly or middle-aged disciples pass away or suffer long-term sickness karma tests. The practitioners involved were stuck in their personal cultivation. This damaged the effect of saving sentient beings, and negatively influenced friends and family members. This is caused by the old forces and evil elements interfering from other dimensions, as well as by practitioners' personal xinxing omissions and inadequate cooperation as one body.

I have been in contact with several elderly practitioners tested by sickness karma. Some have passed away and some are now in a life or death situation. At this key moment of saving sentient beings, why are these practitioners facing life or death tribulations that seem hard to pass? Most of them are studying the Fa daily, exercising and clarifying the truth daily. What are the reasons the evil grabs them and tries to kill them? Below is my personal understanding. I do not mean to criticize these practitioners, but only want to provide assistance. We must truly recognize the seriousness of cultivation, and not allow the evil to exploit our gaps in other dimensions.

Some practitioners study the Fa, but do not genuinely obtain the Fa, or genuinely cultivate themselves. In one hand they hold the divine, but in the other, they cannot let go of humanness. They fail to have a clear understanding on the Fa, so when facing a tribulation they choose a human path, and cannot keep solid faith in Master and Dafa. Thus, their surface sickness appears to be more severe.

Some practitioners only give lip service to looking within. They have long-term, hidden attachments that cause the evil to torture them. They may say they do not fear death, but they have not let go of the attachment to it.

They clarify the truth daily, but do not wholeheartedly devote themselves. They may think they are good enough, but have fallen behind the Fa-rectification process.

When our fellow practitioners experience sickness tribulation, we should help them dissolve the karma. Like Master taught us, “The next person's things are your things...” (“Teaching the Fa at the Washington, D.C. Fa Conference”). We should never blame them, but unconditionally look inside, see if there is anywhere we have not done well, quietly mend our fellow practitioners' shortcomings, and harmonize with what Master wants. We should kindly point out their attachments, study the Fa together, and upgrade based on the Fa.

All disciples are one body. This torture by sickness karma of our fellow practitioners could damage our region and impact the saving of sentient beings. We must help them send forth righteous thoughts and take the upper hand in the battle between good and evil in other dimensions. The evil gathers at the hospital, manipulating friends and family members to pressure disciples to walk a human path instead of a divine path. Thus we should never stop sending concentrated righteous thoughts as a group, and never give up on fellow practitioners in long term sickness tribulations. We need to clarify the truth to their friends and families, and prevent them from being manipulated by the evil.

To those fellow disciples still stuck in sickness tribulations, you are needed by Master to assist in Fa-rectification and to save sentient beings! Quickly put down all human attachments; our physical bodies are only controlled by Master, and we only follow Master's arrangements!

Above is my personal understanding, please correct me if there is anything that is not in line with the Fa.