Tribulation Brought About By Worshiping Fellow Practitioner

(Minghui.org) After reading the article “Don’t Consistently Praise Fellow Practitioners” on Minghui.org, I was especially moved as this article seemed to be written for me to read and it also seemed to be written on my behalf. I was emulating the words and deeds of praising other practitioners.

A practitioner in my county named Anqi is both a contact person and makes materials to distribute to people about Falun Gong and the persecution.

She is kind, lenient, tolerant and helpful. Many practitioners in our county praise and compliment her and place high hopes in her. I am also very dependent on her. Be it big or small matters, I look for her to help me resolve issues, and I also like to share my heartfelt thoughts with her.

Most of the time, I do not cultivate or arrive at my own understandings based on the Fa; I just ask her to tell me how to do things and I think that what she says is right. Therefore, I trust her and no matter what happens, and only feel steady when I hear what she has to say about a matter.

Anqi has also politely told me many times that I should take the Fa as teacher and I should listen to Master Li’s (the founder of Falun Gong) words instead of praising her. When I put Anqi on a pedestal, it’s also being disrespectful to Master and the Fa, which may invite the evil to take advantage of our loopholes, so we must be careful! However, I did not take her words to heart. I always thought that I could reference to Anqi’s successful experiences since she has cultivated so well for so many years.

In August 2021, the authorities called me to go to the prosecutor’s office to be interrogated. Master told his disciples to not be taken away by the authorities voluntarily. Under no circumstances should we cooperate with their orders and instructions. I could not wait for my doom, so where should I go? I immediately looked for Anqi to come up with a solution.

The next morning, I rode off on an electric bike (I originally did not know how to ride one). Along the way, I tripped and got banged up and fell into a gravel pit. When I regained consciousness, I shouted, “Master, save me!” I quickly came to and the right side of my body felt a burning pain.

After begging Master to strengthen me, I pushed the bike out of the pit. The bike frame, seat and brakes were all damaged. I didn’t understand why it happened. I just patted off the dirt and sand on my body, slowly sat on the bike and continued along, wobbling towards Anqi’s house. As the road was being repaired, there were many construction fences; I only found Anqi’s house after I looked around for awhile.

When I saw Anqi, I felt like I saw the light in my moment of desperation. The first thing I said was, “I have finally found you! I have come to you to seek help. Only by hearing your opinion will I feel steady in my heart.”

One look into the mirror gave me a real scare. My whole head and face were full of dust and soil, the right side of my face was so swollen that my eye almost could not open and blood was also oozing out of it. My right foot was so swollen that I could not put on my shoe. My right leg was very swollen and it was also bleeding so much that I could not move it at all. Anqi’s face looked very solemn. She did not say any comforting words but just gave me a shirt to change into after cleaning myself up.

Seeing that I briefly settled down, Anqi said seriously, “What are you saying? Are your words based on the Fa? What position have you placed the Fa and Master? Whenever you meet with a problem, you look for other practitioners to help you resolve them instead of looking for the answer in the Fa. This is a loophole! The dark minions and rotten demons are making use of this loophole to harm you.”

Hearing that, I was shocked. Not cultivating based on the Fa, looking outward when things happen and seeking outwards, this is taking the wrong path; it’s so dangerous! If it wasn’t for Master’s protection, I would have died today! Thank you, Master, for saving my life!

I must remember this lesson, base my cultivation on the Fa, treat the Fa as the most important thing, measure everything based on the Fa and no longer leave any loopholes for the evil to take advantage of.