Lessons Learned From the Cultivation State of Fellow Practitioners

(Minghui.org) There is an elderly Dafa practitioner in my new Fa study group whose home serves as our group study site once a week. She also studies the Fa with her son and his wife every evening. Among her three daughters, the middle one is also a practitioner. The youngest daughter is assertive and tends to dominate family decisions.

At the end of last November, the elderly practitioner experienced shortness of breath. She began groaning during the group study sessions. I encouraged her to ask Master Li for help. She said she was ashamed to ask Master because she had not cultivated diligently. Her third daughter then took her to the hospital for treatment.

The elderly practitioner’s condition worsened during her 10 days in the hospital. She went home after the doctors said they couldn’t help her. Her face became swollen and deformed, she had difficulty breathing, and had to use oxygen to relieve her chest pain. She took medication after she was discharged from the hospital. Her daughter-in-law helped her study the Fa and strengthen her righteous thoughts, but no improvement in her health was visible.

During the Fa-rectification period, Dafa disciples only walk the path Master arranged, and they entrust everything to him. During our group Fa study after she returned, we sent forth righteous thoughts to help the practitioner eliminate the evil interference. We recited “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” She was calm and peaceful when we left after the study.

When we returned for Fa study a week later, the elderly practitioner had a rosy complexion and looked very energetic. Her daughter-in-law happily said, “After you left, my mother-in-law vowed to Master that she would go out and talk to people about Falun Dafa and the persecution once she recovered. I sent righteous thoughts for her. When she fell asleep half an hour later, I continued sending righteous thoughts for another 30 minutes. We studied the Fa and sent righteous thoughts together whenever we had free time. Gradually, her mental and physical condition improved.”

Without Master's protection, her long-term outcome could have been dire. The eldest daughter was amazed by her mother’s miraculous recovery and changed her preconceived notions about Dafa. Hearing this, tears streamed down my face. From these events, I learned that practitioners must ask Master for salvation and send righteous thoughts when danger arises.

I sometimes studied the Fa with another elderly practitioner who would get sleepy during study sessions. When she sent righteous thoughts, her hands were positioned incorrectly, and she had done this for the past 10 years. Whenever she didn’t feel well or was harassed by the police, she wanted us to send righteous thoughts for her, yet she continued to hold her palms in the wrong position. I felt a little vexed by this.

After these incidents, I realized I had to let go of any resentment upon seeing her sending righteous thoughts with the incorrect palm position.

Last month, she told us that her neck hurt and asked us to send righteous thoughts for her. I smiled, sent righteous thoughts, and didn’t feel resentful. I realized that, for more than 10 years, Master has used the cultivation state of certain elderly practitioners to help me remove attachments and cultivate compassion and righteous thoughts.

Many thanks to Master for his painstaking salvation.