By Practitioner from China

(Clearwisdom.net) The old forces had made destructive arrangements to use evil beings in their tests of Dafa and Dafa practitioners; all these are arrangements which Master refutes and disregards, and of course, so do Dafa practitioners.

I have noticed a change recently in the way the persecution against Dafa is carried out, a change that deserves notice. The old cosmic forces, after they used all the state apparatus to carry out the persecution on such a large scale, realized they have failed to destroy the rock-solid, firm determination of Dafa practitioners. These forces now try to use daily trifles to wear out the will of Dafa practitioners. For example, all of a sudden, I started to feel a sharp pain in my left leg during meditation several days ago, which has seldom occurred ever since I started cultivation practice. The feeling of lightness I experienced after taking up cultivation also seems to have vanished, and I always feel tired and uncomfortable. One day my husband suddenly had excruciating pains in both sides of his chest, but when I accompanied him to hospital for a checkup, nothing was found wrong. My cousin who had always been in good health suddenly got seriously sick and was hospitalized, and I had to spend a lot of time taking care of her. There are other incidents to tell. At the beginning of all these strange occurrences I felt rather anxious that all these things I had to deal with interfered with my Fa-study, my exercise practice and Fa-rectification work. One day, however, I suddenly remembered Master's words, "That's why I said before that I turned the tables and made use of the old forces' arrangements." "They thought their arrangement was ingenious, but it was actually within my control." ("Lecture on the Fa at the Washington, D.C. International Conference," July 21, 2001) I immediately took myself out of this harmful state. I realized that the old forces used evil beings to persecute us, however Master has in turn made use of these arrangements to provide opportunities for Dafa practitioners to establish their mighty virtue, to spread the Fa and to save people, this being the most effective and wisest denial. Except for those evil things such as illegal arrests, unlawful detention, sentencing, abuse and brutal tortures, all things that we should firmly eliminate with righteous thoughts, we could make use of all other old forces' arrangements to rectify the Fa, to clarify the truth to offer salvation to people and to steel our will. Isn't this denial with wisdom the arrangements made by the old forces? Those who seem to bring trouble to us are the very people with pre-destined relationship that need to be saved.

After I came to such an understanding I started to Hongfa [introduce the Fa] to my ill cousin, her husband, their parents and relatives, as well as her friends and classmates who came to visit her in the hospital during the time I took care of my cousin. I distributed CDs of the truth of Falun Dafa, and the hospital ward became a good place for Hongfa. After her surgery, my husband and I invited the doctors and nurses to have dinner with us, to show our appreciation, which also turned into a Hongfa activity. The president of the hospital even expressed his sympathy towards Dafa and voiced his condemnation of the evil persecution. A few days later I took some CDs about the truth of Falun Gong to give to the hospital president and to the doctors. They all gladly accepted.

A few days later another of my cousin's relatives visited her again. As soon as she walked into the ward she said to me, "I've just got back the CD you gave me. As soon as I took it to work that day, the manager of our department store snatched it up straight away, and after she watched it, she lent it to someone else. I haven't even had a chance to watch it." She then told me that all of those who watched the CD said it was very good. She expressed her firm support for Dafa. My cousin's husband told me that he was shocked by the brutal persecution cases after watching the CD.

My aunt and her family were moved by my kindness towards my cousin. For the first time she expressed her understanding and support to Dafa practitioners, and she said she would assist me when I will clarify the truth to others.

When my cousin was about to be discharged from the hospital I received a long distance telephone call from my younger sister, saying that her classmate, who lives in the same city as mine, was going to get married and planned to hold a get-together with their classmates. I realized that another hongfa opportunity was on the way. I prepared the CDs and truth-clarifying materials and went to this gathering with my sister where I distributed the materials to her classmates. At the wedding, I helped in every way I could and earned more respect from everyone present. At the farewell dinner, a classmate, who was a firm atheist only the evening before, proposed a toast and said, "It's God who brought us together..." Later on, he said to me, " I watched the CD with great attention." I was moved by the mighty power of the Buddha Fa. I believe that these people will not be easily deceived any more, and those who had pre-destined relationships may even attain the Fa.

Dafa practitioners have abilities and wisdom. As for those arrangements by the old forces to persecute us, we can make use of them; turn them to our advantage and to do what we should do. If the old forces want to keep us "busy," we in turn should keep busy spreading the Fa and clarifying the truth. If they want us to feel sleepy, to feel tired or to feel pain, we can steel our rock-solid, indestructible will through our winning fight with those demonic interferences. If they bring conflicts around us, it provides a good opportunity for us to look inside and to improve our Xinxing. If they provide us a comfortable environment in order to wear out our will to cultivate, we can use this comfortable environment to study the Fa, to practice more and to write experiences and righteous articles to break down the obstacles that are preventing people from attaining the Fa. I truly believe that, when all the arrangements by the old forces become our good opportunities for Fa-rectification, the evils will be completely eliminated. "Dafa is indestructible." (Master's words) So are Dafa practitioners!

I'm sharing my thoughts with my fellow practitioners. Please point out and correct anything improper. Heshi!

Posting date: 2/10/2002
Original article date: 2/5/2002
Category: Views on Cultivation
Translated on 2/7/2002
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/2/5/24409.html

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