Powerful Righteous Thoughts Helped Overcome a Tribulation

(Minghui.org) I started feeling unwell in December 2022. My poor appetite lead to a significant weight loss, and I was so weak that I tried to avoid bumping into people when walking as I imagined the impact would shatter my body. No words can describe the discomfort I was suffering.

Trying to endure the pain, I wanted to ask my family members, who are also Falun Dafa practitioners, to invite other practitioners to our home and help me send righteous thoughts and eliminate this tribulation. But, I immediately caught myself and thought “No, I only want Master [Falun Dafa's founder]. I only want Master.” This thought was so strong that it seemed to pierce the universe. Right away, my body felt different—I cannot describe the sensation—and the pain diminished.

A few days later, I took a nap after lunch. In a dream, I heard someone whisper in my ear: “You are not keeping up right now (implying I wasn’t keeping up with the cultivation pace of the more diligent practitioners).” I sat up and I saw six ropes that were binding my body that snapped. I realized I had been tied up by the evil in another dimension. I sent strong righteous thoughts: “Your words do not count, who did this? I will eliminate you.” For two days, I continued eliminating the evil elements by thinking: “The Buddha Fa has no boundary, my Master can do anything.”

A couple of days later, Master cleansed my body while I was sleeping. Master’s Law body told me that my organs were failing. Dark liquid oozed from my body as he cleansed me. Afterward, my body shone with a blinding white light.

Another two days passed. Then, I was unable to swallow, as if my throat was out of my control. I didn’t accept what was happening and said: “You want to persecute me, but you are too late. Master has already cleansed my body … I will swallow.” I was then able to eat and swallow normally. After the next meal, I threw up what I had eaten. I knew that wasn’t right so I ate some more food. Since then, I continue to eat normally.

What I went through was simple. I know I overcame this hardship because I had complete faith in Master Li:

“...Disciples’ righteous thoughts are strongMaster has the power to turn the tide” (“Master-Disciple Grace,” Hong Yin II)

Dafa disciples must completely believe in Master when encountering a tribulation. The thought has to be honest, fearless, and pure. We shouldn’t think about illness at all. Furthermore, we must totally deny the persecution, and act against the evil’s wishes. Intense Fa study will strengthen righteous thoughts.

Master clearly told us:

“If you are a true practitioner, our Falun will safeguard you. I am rooted in the universe. If anyone can harm you, he or she would be able to harm me. Put simply, that person would be able to harm this universe.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)

My understanding is that just reading the Fa will not solve everything, it is the faith that is deep inside us that counts. Only then can we can calmly deny the persecution.

Cultivation is serious. I had to find my loophole. Searching within, I found that I was selfish and had a strong ego. I also found sentimentality toward my two daughters. I would get upset when they didn’t study the Fa and played on their cell phones instead. My mind was on them all day long. I picked them up every day after school. They are adults now, yet I continue to pick them up after work.

Their place of work is not far from our home, but I worry about them nevertheless. They have been Dafa practitioners since childhood and are watched over by Master. Knowing this, I still didn’t feel at ease. How can I cultivate acting and feeling like this?

Thus I spent more time studying the Fa and eliminated that attachment. Now I devote more time to doing the three things and my daughters go to and from work on their own.

I wrote this article to remind myself to stay diligent and share my experiences with other practitioners.