Some Thoughts After Seeing Practitioners Struggling With Sickness Tribulations

(Minghui.org) Some elderly female practitioners in our area are stuck in the illusion of sickness and I’d like to share my observations.

Prioritize Sending Righteous Thoughts

Sending righteous thoughts is one of the three things Master asked us to do. When we experience sickness karma or other tribulations, sending righteous thoughts for an extended time is more powerful than doing it for a short time. That’s because the karma in our field varies in size and strength, so we should take sending righteous thoughts seriously.

We should think about what we wish to eliminate before we begin so we don’t waste time and our righteous thoughts are effective. Otherwise the bad substances in our field won’t be eliminated, and over time, they may interfere with our cultivation and bring us more tribulations.

Take Practicing the Exercises Seriously

Master said:

“Falun Dafa is also a practice that cultivates both mind and body, and it requires exercises. On the one hand, the exercises are used to strengthen supernormal abilities. What is “strengthening”? It is the reinforcement of your supernormal abilities by your powerful gong potency, thus making them progressively stronger. On the other hand, many living beings need to be developed in your body. In high-level cultivation, the Tao School requires the birth of the Immortal Infant (yuanying), while the Buddha School requires the Vajra’s indestructible body. Furthermore, many supernatural abilities must be developed. These things need to be developed through physical exercises, and they are what our exercises cultivate. A complete cultivation practice of mind and body requires both cultivation and practice.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)

From what Master taught, we know our abilities need to be reinforced through the exercises, and many living beings in our bodies need to be developed through practicing the exercises. If we’re afraid of hardship and approach the exercises with a lax attitude—just doing a half-hour 2nd exercise or skipping practicing altogether without making it up later—how can everything that requires reinforcement through the exercises be developed? Wouldn’t that make it harder for Master to save us? If one practitioner does this, then another, it places a greater burden on Master.

Focus on Studying and Applying the Teachings

Master said:

“I do not talk about healing illnesses here, and neither will we heal illnesses. As a genuine cultivator, however, you cannot cultivate with an ill body. I will purify your body. The body purification will be done only for those who come to truly learn the practice and the Fa. We emphasize one point: If you cannot relinquish the attachment or concern for illness, we cannot do anything and will be unable to help you.” (Lecture One, Zhuan Falun)

Master made it very clear in this teaching. From my understanding, whenever we suffer from illness karma or other interference we must first let go of our attachment to life and death and follow Master’s words unconditionally. Second, don’t use ordinary medical treatments. Third, we should look inward unconditionally for our hidden attachments.

Eight or nine female practitioners in our city have been stuck in sickness tribulations for a long time. Some of them have been interfered with so much they are unable to go out and clarify the truth.

We are in the final stage of Fa-rectification, so I don’t think this is something Master arranged for us. So many practitioners are interfered with by sickness karma to the point of being unable to do the three things well. We should calm down and thoroughly examine ourselves—what xinxing issues do we still have? Obtaining and practicing Falun Dafa should be a joyful and fortunate journey. But with so many veteran practitioners suffering from illness karma—what will ordinary people think?

We should all strive to elevate our xinxing together! We’re veteran Dafa practitioners—let’s not remain stagnant any longer!

My understanding is limited. If anything is not in line with the Fa, I kindly ask practitioners to compassionately point it out.