Making Breakthroughs When Faced with Tribulations

(Minghui.org) A practitioner gave me a copy of the main book of Falun Dafa, Zhuan Falun, on April 8, 1996. As I held it, I had such a feeling of excitement and wondered why I hadn’t come across such a wonderful qigong practice before. Reading the book, I came to an understanding of the true meaning of life and embarked on my cultivation path of returning to my original, true self.

Master Saved Me

One Chinese New Year, I turned on the cassette player to do the exercises and there was no sound. There was no power outage and I could not see any other problem with the player, so I reached over to check the power strip.

I felt as if I’d been stabbed with a needle and then suddenly I felt numb. Since my mind was still clear, I shouted, “Master!” and a force pushed my hand away from the power strip. I was truly touched and quickly thanked Master with great respect for saving me.

When I came to my senses and looked at the power strip, I saw that the cover over a small screw on the side of the strip had fallen off, exactly where I had touched it. It was so dangerous! If Master had not saved me, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

Master said,

“Each of you is accompanied by one or more of my spiritual bodies, as I have indicated, and they are the ones who handle these things.” (The Third Talk, Zhuan Falun)

When we face danger, we can think of Master and Dafa. As Dafa disciples, we will come out of it safe and sound.

Hit by a Tricycle Loaded with Goods

One time, I was waiting at an intersection to cross the road when something hit me in the head and knocked me down. The first thought that flashed into my mind was: “I am fine.” So I got up instantly. Then I saw a young man in his 20s was trembling all over. He held my arms, saying, “I am so sorry, I am sorry.” I quickly said, “Take it easy. Don’t be scared—you can let go.” It turned out that the man was driving a big tricycle loaded with goods, which had hit me in the head and knocked me down.

I said, “If you had not run into me, a Falun Dafa practitioner, you’d have been in big trouble. Please sincerely recite, ‘Falun Dafa is wonderful, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is wonderful’ to help keep you safe. Now, to ensure your safety, you should quit the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its youth organizations. The CCP has persecuted too many good people.” He decided to renounce his memberships in the Party and the Young Pioneers and thanked me repeatedly.

After he left, the passersby said that I shouldn’t have let him go without compensating me. I said, “I’m a practitioner. I’m fine. I hope all of you will sincerely recite ‘Falun Dafa is wonderful, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is wonderful’ to make sure you are all safe.”

When the tricycle first hit me and I fell down, I remembered that I was a practitioner and I was fine. Master said, “‘Tis Dafa that resolves everything at the source” (“Undoing the Disaster,” Hong Yin II) It was Master who saved me and eliminated a debt I must have owed over many lifetimes. He resolved a life-and-death tribulation for me.

Enlightening from a Bad Fall

One day, I slipped and fell in the bathroom. I got hurt and had to use my left hand to put my right hand back in place.

Then, my husband asked for his dinner. Getting ready to eat with a spoon in my left hand, I felt panicky and uncomfortable. I saw the sky spinning, the house rotating, and the sky darkening. I was so dizzy, I felt like I was going to fall over. Just then, my husband barked, “You hurt your hand! Show me your hand!” I quickly begged Master to empower me so that I could him I was fine. I used all my strength to lift up my hand high and move it. By dawn the next day, I was fully recovered.

Master said,

“...If thoughts are righteous,evil will collapse...” (“What’s to Fear?” Hong Yin II)

I later realized why I had fallen. Three other practitioners and I often went out together to clarify the truth to people. Unfortunately we often had conflicts with each other. Especially when one of us would just talk to people and not explain the truth about Dafa, I’d start getting upset. When we ran into someone who quietly listened to our explanations, we all wanted to give him pamphlets and brochures, too many in my opinion. Whenever I thought something was not right, I would get upset. I always looked outward and had my eyes on others, as opposed to examining myself. I always looked at other people’s shortcomings. When I saw issues, instead of kindly bringing them up to improve our overall cooperation and improve, I nurtured resentment. I was always upset, disregarding Master’s hint. It all came down to being too attached to my own ego. It was exactly these attachments that were taken advantage of by the old forces to persecute me.

Other practitioners are our mirrors. When I see that a practitioner has an issue, it’s always because I have the same issue. Other practitioners cultivate much better than I. I felt that I lagged so far behind when compared to other practitioners and I let Master and Dafa down.

When I fell down, I thought that I shouldn’t be begging Master for help every time, that I should pass the tests on my own. I later decided that this thinking wasn’t right, that I was separating myself from Dafa by thinking this way. No wonder my husband was unhappy with me. I enlightened that Master saw my shortcomings, so he used my husband to give me a hint so that I would think of Master and Dafa at critical moments. I was able to pass this life-and-death test only because Master saved me.

Police Officers Leave

After the CCP initiated a “Knocking on Doors” campaign, officials ransacked practitioners’ homes, confiscated their personal belongings, and arrested, illegally sentenced, detained and harassed a great number of them. The CCP has harassed me many times.

When they knocked, I never opened the door. Even though I ignored them, they still harassed me frequently. This went on for a couple of years. One day when we could hear them coming, my husband said to me angrily, “When will it end? Today I will open the door.” I said, “Please don’t.” He then began to swear at me, had a temper tantrum, threw things, and made a lot of trouble.

Master said, “What we teach, by contrast, is that you can change a tough situation just by compromising a little.” (The Ninth Talk, Zhuan Falun)

I realized that I was a practitioner and should just ignore him and send forth righteous thoughts, so I asked Master to empower me to eliminate evil and save people. I also tried to get rid of my anger, resentment, fear, and worry. I thought, “I’m a practitioner, I shouldn’t complain about them nor hate them or be afraid of them, as they are truly the ones being persecuted. They are pitiful, so I should treat them with kindness and not to allow them to continue with the persecution and commit a crime against Dafa.” I would clarify the facts to them now that they were in my home and save them.

One of the officers was a very tall, young police officer. I thought, “I’ll just ignore him. The CCP is so evil, it sends a young man who just joined the workforce to carry out the persecution and commit a crime against Dafa.” I kept sending righteous thoughts and an idea flashed in my mind, “Don’t touch on his negative side.” I said quietly, “Please have a seat.” He went into the living room, so I followed him and saw two women. I said to him firmly, “Falun Gong is wonderful! Please don’t continue to persecute practitioners!” He bowed to me respectfully.

Then he shook my husband’s hand and started to go, so I quickly said, “Don’t leave just yet. Please have something to eat.” They shook their heads and kept going. I caught up with them, saying, “Falun Gong is wonderful! It is a Buddha law cultivation that teaches people to follow Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and to have high moral standards. If you don’t participate in the persecution, it will be to your benefit.” They appeared to agree and left.

This time they didn’t say anything or search our home and left quickly. That made me realize: “Our compassion and kind thoughts cultivated from the Fa can awake people’s conscience. When a practitioner’s kind thoughts come forth, his thoughts comply with the requirement of the Fa at that level.” Master resolved that tribulation for me, his disciple.

Eliminating Karma

When I made tofu for lunch, my stomach felt bloated and hurt. I didn’t take it to heart. After dinner, the bloating was even worse. When I pressed my stomach, it was very hard and I was in pain. I enlightened that this pain was to eliminate my karma.

Even so, bad thoughts began to pop up in my mind. I just remembered I was a practitioner and those bad thoughts were not mine. I knew they were evil being forced upon me, so I would not acknowledge them or accept them—I would eliminate them. But then other bad thoughts kept popping up—and they didn’t stop. I was very worried. It was truly a battle between good and evil in other dimensions.

Suddenly I recalled the time I was arrested after putting up a truth-clarification notice. I was held in a detention center for a month. Prior to that, my family members all knew that Dafa was good and supported my cultivation. After I was arrested and detained, they suffered a huge financial loss. Upon my return home, the CCP kept coming to harass and terrify them. That upset and scared them and they started to resent me, especially my husband. He kept finding fault with me and saying disrespectful things about Master and Dafa. Their disrespectful attitude toward Dafa really worried me. But no matter what I said, they turned a blind eye. That made me fearful. For the next six months, I was so scared I didn’t dare to put up any more Dafa notices.

Then I thought, “I am a practitioner, I must validate Dafa and save sentient beings. I should do whatever a practitioner is supposed to do.” So I forced myself to go out to put up Dafa notices. Although I asked for Master’s help, deep down, I was still scared. The shadow of the persecution lingered, so I only took two or three notices every time I went out.

When a fellow practitioner gave me several such notices, I thought I could go out with her, but she changed her mind. I decided to go by myself. I went out and thought, “Master, I don’t know where I should go to put them up.”

I looked up and saw the fog rolling in. I figured this was Master enlightening me, so I went to the Qu River bridge and quickly put up the self-adhesive notice that read “Falun Dafa is wonderful! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is wonderful!” on the handrail. When I reached the middle of the bridge, fog from the lower reaches of the river came upstream towards me. Within a few seconds, fog covered the whole river, obscuring everything. I thanked Master and thought, “Even the fog works with Dafa practitioners to assist Master in the Fa-rectification.”

As a practitioner, is there any reason for us not to do our very best in everything we are supposed to do? As I went on, I recited “Falun Dafa is wonderful! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is wonderful!” I felt serene and peaceful as I put up more notices.

As the sun come out, the fog dissipated, and golden sunshine shone over all the earth. I went home feeling particularly pleased.

That experience also made me sense that Master is always right by our side, safeguarding us. It all depends on if our minds are right. Master said, “...since good is a far greater force than evil...” (The Third Talk, Zhuan Falun) This experience reaffirmed my faith in Master and Dafa, that lingering shadow disappeared.

Through cultivation, I came to recognize the preciousness of Master and Dafa. Only by studying more Fa with a calm mind, believing in Master and Dafa, and using the Fa as our guide can we walk our path correctly. No matter how long it takes, I am determined to eliminate all my attachments. Only by cultivating myself well, clarifying the facts to people whenever I can, doing the three things to the best of my ability, and walking my future path well can I not let down Master.