(Minghui.org) I heard that after a fellow practitioner was infected with COVID recently, he had generalized pain and severe shortness of breath. It was a rather tough process for him to pull through.

Another practitioner I knew of also came down with COVID. He is a retired Chinese teacher in his 80s. He had a high fever and was found to have a white lung (indicating serious damage to the lung) when he was taken to the hospital. In the intensive care unit, he felt he was dying so he started reciting “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” A warm current went through his body and his fever subsided shortly after.

As far as I know, both practitioners had slacked off in their cultivation before their latest symptoms. The first practitioner hardly studied the Fa, and the second practitioner, who was attached to reading books and listening to radio programs, was often absent-minded during Fa study. It seemed both of them have been in this state for a long time.

When they failed to keep up with cultivation, the purification and transformation of their physical bodies also couldn’t keep up, and they did not have enough energy to ward off the infection.

I hope we take those cases as a stick warning: we need to study the Fa well and with a calm mind. Do not become obsessed with consuming everyday people’s news and entertainment information, since they can only disturb our hearts and make our attachments worse.

This is my understanding at my level. Please kindly point out anything inappropriate.

Editor’s note: This article only represents the author’s understanding in their current cultivation state meant for sharing among practitioners so that we can “Compare in studying, compare in cultivating.” (“Solid Cultivation,” Hong Yin)